Gap between SCR concept and reality
The gap between the concept of the NHS Summary Care Record and the reality of implementing it will continue to be the focus of its evaluation programme. Patricia Greenhalgh, professor of primary care at University College London, which was commissioned to evaluate the SCR early adopters, told yesterday’s Healthcare Interoperability conference that the evaluation programme […]
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Individual Health Record extended to acute care
Informing Healthcare has announced that the Individual Health Record has been used for the first time in acute care. Staff at the Medical Assessment Unit of the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport have been given access to the IHR, which is drawn from GP records and contains key details about a patient’s medical history. The […]
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Reflection needed on SCR report says director
The clinical director for the Summary Care Record has called for a period of reflection in the wake of the publication of the independent evaluation of the SCR. Dr Gillian Braunold, clinical director for the SCR and HealthSpace, said that while the SCR team was keen “to try and get on with this” it was […]
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Urgent review of SCR consent model recommended
The independent evaluation of the Summary Care Record has recommended an urgent review of its implied consent model and questioned whether a national system should be rejected in favour of a series of linked smaller systems.
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Evaluation to recommend cautious SCR roll-out
The pace of implementation of the Summary Care Record (SCR) looks likely to be slower than originally planned after it has emerged that only two PCTs have so far got records available to view over the Spine. The first evaluation of the SCR, due to be published next month, is also expected to recommend a […]
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DH explains summary and detailed records
Guidance on how the two elements of the NHS electronic patient record – the detailed and summary records – will work in England has been released by the Department of Health. The guidance re-iterates that only the Summary Care Record (SCR) will be a national system, and that patients can opt-out from data being visible […]
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An independent view
Professor Tricia Greenhalgh is conducting an independent evaluation of the Summary Care Record. She explains why the work is so important.
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An independent view
Professor Tricia Greenhalgh is conducting an independent evaluation of the Summary Care Record. She explains why the work is so important.
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Panther Takes Aim at Citrix in Health
The DAT Group has launched to the healthcare market Panther Server 2002, as an affordable alternative to Citrix Metaframe, and has appointed Centrom as its exclusive partner for the healthcare IT market. Like Citrix, Panther is a new Enterprise Management Platform for remotely delivering and managing Windows-based applications to client desktops across a network. Leading […]
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